Better Get a Grip

Just one month young, 2014 already is giving investors a run for their money -- or should we say, from all the dough they piled up last year? Stocks are tumbling, bonds are beckoning, gold's aglitter, and volatility's back in town. In short, a confluence of weak corporate earnings, emerging-market turmoil, and a reduction in the Federal Reserve's monetary support suddenly has silenced the upbeat note on...